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Dimitrios Desyllas
Asked: 2019-06-22 11:06:58 +0800 CST

Ubuntu Mate shows no panels, but with a new user shows. How I can reset the settings?

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I made a fresh install of Ubuntu MATE to VirtualboxVm but for some reason I have no panels:

Ubuntu Mate

But I did a new user and the panels show as new as possible. I created a new user and shows the panels as good as new:

Mate as a new user

In the first picture I am logged in as user and on the second one I am loged in as user2 how I can reset the Mate settings in user?

mate ubuntu-mate 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can just delete the folder ~/.config in a command line inteface, but not in a GUI terminal. Just follow these steps:

    1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2
    2. Login
    3. Kill all user's sessions with sudo skill -KILL -u ^username^
    4. Relogin
    5. Type rm -rf ~/.config
    6. Press Ctrl+Alt+F7
    7. Login into GUI.

    You hace sucessfully reset the MATE desktop. In case f a problem just copy the ~/.config from another user (sudo access required).

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